Fork oil weight

Discussion in 'Australian Motorcycles' started by Duncan, Sep 25, 2005.

  1. Duncan

    Duncan Guest

    Hi,
    I've just replaced the fork oil and seals on my 99 ZX-6R. Once the bike was
    back together I noticed the forks were very stiff, I backed off the damping
    adjusters and the forks were back to normal.

    I then discovered that while the service manual says to use 10 weight oil, I
    had racetech valves put in a while ago and they put in 5 weight oil.

    My question is, is it bad to be running the racetech valves with 10 weight?
    I'm still able to get the damping I want but it's very close to the limit on
    the damping adjustment.

    Cheers,
    Duncan.
     
    Duncan, Sep 25, 2005
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  2. Duncan

    Bummers Guest

    It won't hurt a thing but the range of (softer) adjustment you used to have.

    Bummers
     
    Bummers, Sep 25, 2005
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